Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Chinese New Year long weekend, 2010
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The grand courtyard of the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh
The delicate beauty of the gates to the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh
You’ll not find such a lotus pond in front of Wat Preah Keo... :^P
A pigeon taking off from Mondapa of Satra and Tripitaka, Wat Preah Keo
Gallery of Ramaketi frescoes, Wat Preah Keo, in disrepair
Which is the colour for today of the week? (Hor Samritvimean, Royal Palace)
Mok Vaeng just across Sothearos Boulevard from the Royal Palace
The distinctive dome of Phsar Thmey (a.k.a. Central Market)
The magnificent interior of the central dome of Phsar Thmey (a.k.a. Central Market)
A nostalgic lamppost and a tuk-tuk, what a composition!
Nāgas and lions are guarding this stretch of Norodom Boulevard towards Wat Phnom
Sunset upon the Nur ul-Ihsaan Mosque (a.k.a. International Dubai Phnom Penh Mosque)
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The hypnotic sunset of Boeng Kak Lake
The visionary gleam of a street fountain at Daun Penh Street (Street 92) and Christopher Howes Street (Street 96)
A game of Ouk Chatrang (a.k.a. Khmer chess) by the roadside
The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, the site of the former notorious Security Prison 21 (S-21) that carries forever the memory of those who suffered and were killed here under the repressive Khmer Rouge regime
Here at S-21, even the balconies are sealed with barbed wire to stop desperate prisoners from escaping the tortures with death
These steel bars used to stop thousands of victims from fleeing the tortures in the notorious Security Prison 21 (S-21)
The dark, cramped cells in the main building of S-21
These artworks carry the people’s silent appeals against the violence of the autogenocide by Khmer Rouge
(Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, a.k.a. S-21)
Other vivid evidence of the violence and the crime committed by Khmer Rouge
(Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, a.k.a. S-21)
The skin of a giant python is hanging high up on the wall in this Chinese-style restaurant on Dekcho Damdin Street (Street 154)